Ejector for drop-down guns.



NIL 670,985. Patented Apr. 2, i90l.

G. ELLSTROM.

EJECTUR FOR DROP DOWN GUNS. (Application filed Jan. 14. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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Nrre dirn'res GUS'lAF ELLSTROM, OF FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

EJECTOR FOR DROP-DOWN GUNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 670,985, dated April 2, 1901.

Application filed January 14,1901. Serial No. 43,133. (No model.)

Be it kpown that I, GUSTAF ELLSTROM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fitchburg, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Firearms, of whichv the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings forming a part of the same, in which I Figure 1 represents a vertical central sectional View of a p'ortion of a firearm embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar sectional View with the barrel rocked on the frame in position. to eject the cartridge. Fig. 3 is a side View of a portion of the barrel and cartridge-ejector, and Fig. at is a bottom view of the same.

Similar reference-letters refer to similar parts in the different views.

My present invention relates to the mechanism employed in a breakdown gun for the purpose of ejecting the cartridge'shell from the barrel and comprising a sliding cartridgeejector and a latch engaging the same; and it has for its object to provide means for restraining the movement of the latch in order to cause the cartridge-ejector to partially withdraw the empty shell from the barrel without removing it. I

Referring to the drawings, A denotes a'portion of the frame of a breakdown gun. B is the barrel, and C the sliding cartridge'ejector, which is actuated by a spiral spring D and is providedwith a head C, adapted to engage the flange of the cartridge-shell, these parts being constructed and operating in the usual and well-known manner. The'sliding cartridge-ejector s'provided with a notch C to receive a latch and hold it in the position shown in Fig. 1, said latch consisting of a plate E, pivoted at E and provided with a stud E, which is carried into engagement with the notch C by means of a blade-sp ring F.

The barrel B is pivoted to the frame of the, gun, and is held in firing positionby a latch When the latch G is released and the barrel B rocked on the pin B, the corner E of the latch-plate E is carried against the frame A, causing the latch to be rocked on its pivot E, thereby disengaging the stud E from the notch C and releasing the sliding cartridge-ejector C, which is forced outward by the tension of the spring D, imparting a sudden movement to the cartridgeshell, .w'hieh is thrown by its'momentum eutirely clear of the barrel, the movement of the cartridge-extractor 0 being limited by a shoulder H coming in contact with.

a fixed screw B.

The cartridge-extractor C, spring D, and pivoted latch-plate E are supported by a rib I on the under side of the barrel, and the pivoted plat-e E is provided with a hole J to receive the tip J of a screw J held in a screwthreaded hole in the ribl. When the tip J of the screw Renters the hole J, the plate E is held from rocking on its pivot E and the stud E held out of engagement with the notch 0 so that when the barrel B is rocked the sliding cartridge-extractor 0 instead of being held by the stud E and suddenly re leased bythe rocking of thelatch E is moved gradually outward by the tension of the spring D until it is stopped by the contact of the is rocked in the act of breaking down the gun is restained by the contact of the head G with the vertical wall K in the frame, causing the cartridge-extractor to move outwardly simultaneously With the rocking of the barrel. If it is desired to again eject the cartridge with a sudden movement sufficient to impart a momentum to the cartridge-shell to carry it out of the barrel, the tip J of the screw J is withdrawn from the hole J, allowing the plate E to rock freely on its pivot E and carry the stud E into the notch O and hold the; extractor C until the barrel B is raised into the position shown in Fig. 2, when the contact of the corner E with the frame 'a latch, 0f a, pivoted spring actimterl plate, a l and spring acting in said' pla.te to holdjtin to studcarried by said plate and adapted to enengagement with said ext xtagamr, and means gage said match, a screw entering a hole in for locking said latch-plate and ho l dingita out said plate, by which it is held from movof action, substantially as described.

; ment, substantially as described. Dated this 11th day of January, 1901.

3. The combination with agun-barrel of w GUSTAF ELLS'RROM. sliding cartridge-extractor, a spring foiacm- Witnesses: i

ating the same, a latclvplate f r balding the JOHN B. FEilLOWS, extractfoz' against,- the tension of its spring, I CHAS. E. 

